Children born in the seventies and eighties, especially in the countryside, where there are no electronic products and no network, people's living conditions are general, many children can't afford to buy toys at home, children get together to find ways to make their own toys, such as bamboo dragonflies, air crashes, radish lamps, paper airplanes, rolling iron rings, skimming fangbao, etc., and then everyone plays together, you can be happy for a long time.
Therefore, in that era of material scarcity, the children's spirit was rich. Take a look at these homemade toys filled with memories of the times and childhood.
1. Bamboo dragonflies
The bamboo dragonfly should be a toy that all children are familiar with, the shape of this toy is like a dragonfly, with flat wings, a bamboo stick or wooden stick attached to it, held in the hand and rubbed left and right, the winged end will be partially separated from the bamboo stick, just like the real dragonfly, can fly very high. Most of today's bamboo dragonflies are made of plastic, and it is rare to make themselves with bamboo or wood.
2. Paper airplanes
Paper airplanes are the most convenient toys to play with, and children used to tear a piece of paper at the end of class, fold it into a paper airplane, and then fly farther than anyone's plane, and blow a breath before the paper airplane flies out.
Third, skimming Fang Bao
Many boys have played with toys, a large number of newspapers or textbook paper folded into a thick piece of paper similar to the shape of the "tian" shape, also called "treasure" A group of children take their own "treasure" to skim each other, as long as they skim to the other side of the "treasure" can win each other back, so at that time many children have a pile of dirty "waste paper" at home, and they are reluctant to throw it away.
Fourth, turning the rope: This rope is the witness of the friendship between the girls in the past, one person holds the rope, the other person turns the rope over, and then keeps exchanging, and the pattern of the rope also keeps changing.
Fifth, the whistle: whenever the willow tree draws new shoots, you can hear a lot of "poof" sounds, because many children have folded the willow branches, and one of the small pieces of bark is completely screwed down, when the whistle blows, but the sound of this whistle blowing out is indeed dull and ugly.
Sixth, rolling iron ring: a simple iron ring and an iron hook, playing but very testing technology, many people have a period of iron ring rolling into the ditch memory when they were young.
Seven, slingshot: a group of young boys get together to cut branches, go to the commissary to buy pizah, discuss making slingshots, and then beat birds with soybeans or stones.
Eighth, sandbags: a piece of cloth cut into four small pieces sewn into a cube, stuffed with sand or wheat, corn kernels, and then thrown at each other to play, very test the ability to react.
Nine, the sound of the air: after the rain, when the soil on the ground is not completely dry, it is the best time to play the air sound, because at that time the mud on the ground is convenient for the whole "empty sound", that is, the mud is kneaded into a square hollow, and then thrown hard to the ground, the sound is loud, and the square mud bag cannot collapse or break.
10. Radish lamp: In the previous Lantern Festival, children could not afford to buy a good-looking battery flower lamp, so they dug a hollow with radish, inserted a candle, and used a wooden stick to carry it as a flower lamp.
11. Sweet potato vine jewelry: Girls must play the game of "passing the family", using sweet potato vines to form a variety of jewelry, such as: rings, necklaces, hairpins, etc., after wearing the "Niangniang".
12. Amaranth earrings: The small yellow flowers of the alfalfa blooming by the ditch river, the tail of the flower is sticky, can be pressed on the ear or forehead, more popular than sweet potato leaf jewelry.
Thirteen, hydrangea nail polish: to be beautiful is to be beautiful, hydrangea mash can dye nails, but also can be maintained for a long time, pure plant nail polish.
14. Homemade wooden gyro: It is not easy to find a piece of wood suitable for making a gyroscope, which needs to be whipped with a rope to keep turning.
Fifteen, palm leaf fan: a large palm leaf can become a small fan.
Sixteen, plant garland straw hat: in the summer, many children together, collect wildflowers and wild grasses on the side of the road or fold down the soft branches of plants to weave into a garland or straw hat to wear on the head.
17. Dog tail grass small animals: the memories of children who often help adults do farm work, how many small rabbits are woven with dog tail grass when a person sits on the ground?
Paper kite: Paste a diamond-shaped paper kite with newspaper and sorghum poles, and add a simple rope to fly the troubles of the day.
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